Jonathan, Amaechi, Akpabio and the East-West RoadThursday, January 28, 2021
I was in primary six in 1977 when for the first time I saw Dumez caterpillars tearing the bushes and forests in Emohua for the purpose of constructing a road. That road was called the East-West road. Then it was a one lane road, but today it has been dualized but uncompleted. In 2013, the former Min ...
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Port Harcourt: From Cultism to Flood.Tuesday, July 25, 2017
It is disheartening to equilibrate between cultism and flood: two realities that have engulfed my dear Garden City of Nigeria in recent times. The whites who created Port Harcourt (PH), saw it as a haven for refreshment, supported by its natural environment. Consequently, there were open grasslands ... |
Abuja In Heat And DarknessThursday, April 6, 2017
As a public servant who work and live in Abuja, I always experience the heat in Abuja during this time of the year. As per darkness, that is living without electric power, I am well immuned to its hazards since I was born in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria. From when it was the National Electric Po ... |
Celebrating Elechi AmadiTuesday, September 13, 2016
First of all let me thank the governor of Rivers State for declaring that the Rivers State government will bury the late Captain Elechi Amadi (rtd). He deserves it On the day of the burial, the Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality in Nigeria, will surely celebrate our beloved and amiable Sir Elechi Amadi: ... |
The Palace Of Eze Epara RebisiWednesday, March 23, 2016
Eze Epara Rebisi is the traditional title of the paramount ruler of Rebisi Kingdom in Port Harcourt. But for the mistake by Lord Lugard and his brothers, Rebisi should have been the proper name for Port Harcourt because the Rebisi people own and occupy the heart of what is today known as Port Har ... |
Buhari’s Action Was InadequateTuesday, November 17, 2015
The Nation newspaper reported yesterday (16th November, 2015) that President Mohammadu Buhari had warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian police to quot;ensure free, fair and credible governorship elections quot; in Bayelsa and Kogi States come Decembe ... |
Buhari Must Stop Police Killings And Other AtrocitiesTuesday, November 10, 2015
I read yesterday (Sunday, 8th November 2015) from www.elombah.com that the Nigerian police killed two young Nigerians who were protesting for Biafra in Delta State. It was horrifying to see the pictures of the bullet ridden bodies of the two boys who were wasted by the police. This is arrant nons ... |
Amaechi Could Be Minister But.....Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Last Sunday being 18th October 2015, on our way to the church, a fierce argument erupted between my younger cousin and I regarding the nomination of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nigeria for a ministerial position. His argument was that President Muhamm ... |
PMB: Create Ministry Of National Re-OrientationThursday, September 10, 2015
In my last article titled: Nigeria 39;s Development-Discipline Disequilibrium(ND3), I suggested that Nigeria and indeed most undeveloped countries of the World where indiscipline reigns supreme and development suffers, should do everything possible to up the level of discipline even above ... |
Nigeria's Development - Discipline Disequilibrium (Nd3)Friday, August 7, 2015
About two decades now, I have been engrossed in finding the reasons and facts to fault my conviction that Nigeria does not have the requisite level of discipline that matches her development potentialities and aspirations. In other words, Nigeria 39;s level of discipline cannot carry and sus ... |
Mr. President, Please Do This For Us Before You LeaveTuesday, May 19, 2015
Like I have always said, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of Nigeria is a good man. His administration will be ending on the 29th May 2015. But please Sir, before you leave, do everything humanly and spiritually possible to give Nigeria fuel. It will be very sad to do otherwise because Ni ... |
2015 Election: What Is There For The Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality?Monday, March 23, 2015
The Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality refers to the Ikwerre people of Nigeria. We are in Rivers State and occupy four local government areas namely Emohua, Ikwerre, Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt. We are the largest ethnic group in the state as at today, with over 2.5 million heads. Ikwerre owns Port Harcour ... |